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Linear vs. Polarizing Trends in World Social Processes

Over the past two centuries, the dominant view in social science has been that the modern world shows a pattern of linear development in which all positive trends go upward in more or less linear fashion (albeit perhaps at an uncertain speed), and that therefore over time discrepancies between the leaders and the laggards are overcome, toward a relatively homogenized world.

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Sklaven des Wachstums

Reiner Klingholz. 2014. Sklaven des Wachstums. Campus Verlag (Frankfurt am Main, 348 pp). ISBN: 978-3-593-39798-6

Reiner Klingholz Reiner Klingholz

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Wer Überlebt? Bildung Entscheidet Über Die Zukunft Der Menschheit

Klingholz, Reiner and Wolfgang Lutz. 2016. Wer Überlebt? Bildung Entscheidet Über Die Zukunft Der Menschheit. Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verl...

Reiner Klingholz Reiner Klingholz Wolfgang Lutz Wolfgang Lutz

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It’s the Education, Stupid! Martin Luther’s unfinished business

At the beginning of the 21th century mankind is confronted with a number of global challenges.

Reiner Klingholz Reiner Klingholz Wolfgang Lutz Wolfgang Lutz
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